knightsoflegend | after-party ♔ january

♬ Jeux d'eau - Ravel

WHO || Wynn, any and all Knights not currently on missions (if you are uncertain if your character would be at the castle for this, ask!)
WHAT || Squiring Ceremony Afterparty
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Ballroom
WHEN || January 22, 2016, 6:00PM [backdated]
HOW || Prose OR Actionspam

The "afterparty" is rumored to be the real main event of the night. A black-tie affair in the lavish, opulent ballroom, it is every new Knight's chance to mingle and meet some of their new brothers in arms. Of course, a couple hours are provided following the ceremony for everyone to change, do hair and makeup, and choose from the vast array of formal attire in the closets of the balcony "dressing rooms" located at the top of spiraled staircases on either side of the ballroom. A separate dressing room exists for men and women, and they include full bathrooms (with, thankfully, very modern plumbing).

The squires are usually among the last to arrive, and the ballroom is full to the brim with a fancy array of people, of all shapes, sizes and species.

Hope you aren't shy. They're all here to meet you.

Feel free to make your own open threads for people to come congratulate your newly pledged knight.

ooc; also if your Knight wants to get all gussied up, you can make a Disguise (Cha) check for how good they were at hair/makeup/stylin', etc! This goes for... any time.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Would it help if you talked about them? You could tell me what they're like, if you'd like.

It's... [ maybe it would, honestly. she feels bad for pouring out her anger on barry and as much as she doesn't want to think felicity lied to her, even after ollie ditched them, she also doesn't want to talk to her about her family. and, call her touchy, but talking about her brother with her brother's ex-secret-girlfriend is just... odd.

god, she has like four friends and one of them has to love her because they're effectively family and none of them she can actually talk to. ]

It's complicated.

I've never known a family that isn't.

[ Which isn't to say she specifies her family, since she'd never known then, but to be fair, it's pretty complicated to abandon your child on a desert planet with no explanation, leaving her to hope they'll be back one day... Not nearly as complicated as the Skywalkers tho. ]

[ thea chews on her lips, reluctant, but then, like a dam breaking, it all spills out. ]

My friend that died, she was on a trip with my brother and my dad when the boat they were on sank. My dad died, but she and Oliver survived, somehow. Ollie came back five years later, out of nowhere and it was like... It was the best day of my life. But then Tommy died a year later and I found out he was actually my half-brother and my dad wasn't actually my dad. Mom died the year after that and then I found out a couple months ago that Ollie's been lying to me for almost five years about something that isn't even important and now he's screwed off to who knows where instead of coming back to me.

[ she looks down at her glass, wishing it were full to the brim with alcohol. her life is a fucking catastrophe and saying out loud is even more horrifying than just thinking about it. she didn't ask to be in a soap opera. ] Again.

[ She has more family than Rey can rightfully keep track of, which is more of a reflection of Thea's family than Rey's inexperience with it even now. But she tries, and in her efforts, she at least gets the important parts: she thought her father and brother were dead, got one brother back to lose another, and now the first has fucked off to god knows where. Sorrow fills Rey like a cup, twisting sympathy into her features. ]

Oh, Thea ... [ She reaches forward to clasp a hand on her shoulder, squeezing. ] I'm so sorry. Oliver, is he a knight as well? Could Wynn not tell you where he is?

He is, but... [ she shakes her head, struggling to explain that he's not away for wynn's business he's just away because he doesn't want to come back because thea isn't important enough for him. ] His phone is off. He doesn't want to be found.

I can see why you're upset. [ It makes sense. ] I know what that's like: being the one left behind, without an explanation. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

[ the struggle to coax her expression into insouciance is so real and she doesn't manage it well enough. ]

I just wish... [ she snags a champagne from a roving tray, downs it in a couple gulps. ] I wish I was... something.

Edited 2016-02-11 02:11 (UTC)

[ That strikes a cord in her. I'm no one, she whispers in her own memory. Rey pushes the thought back, reminds herself of Finn, of Han, even if neither of them are here. If neither of them would even remember her, were they here. ]

You are. [ She reaches forward to touch Thea's shoulders, insistent and firm. ] You are something, regardless of who else sees it in you, or their actions.

[ thea knows that, in theory. tommy had said as much time and time again, especially when ollie was gone and thea was one step away from jail on the regular and he and laurel had kept struggling to keep her out of trouble. and sometimes she even thought she was doing pretty well at it, but then someone died or someone abandoned her, again, and the loneliness crept in and all her self-worth crept out and she got drunk and stayed drunk.

her lips twist in a smile that isn't so much perfunctory as simply too weak to stay up, but her voice is full of gratitude. ] Thank you.

[ funny how her brother can make her feel like nothing, but barry and rey, strangers, made her feel like something -- no matter how infinitesimal that something is. ]

Sometimes it's hard to remember. [ She nods to offer her keen understanding of that as she accepts the thanks. ] But that doesn't make it any less true.

[ she nods slowly, dragging a hand through her hand to try to shake off the heaviness. ]

Suppose it's too late to actually welcome you to the knights. [ maybe not after you spilled your sad life all over her, no. ]

I think you've already done so, if only implicitly. [ but she grins, nose crinkling. ]

Well, explicitly: welcome. [ better late than never. ] If you need anything, you can always ask me.

Thank you. [ She nods, her appreciative smile growing more genuine by the moment. ] There's so much to learn, I feel lucky to have someone in my corner willing to help.

Anytime. I remember what it's like to be new. [ even if she came from a world very similar. ]

after-party ♔ january

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